Peter Wisgerhof Flop: FC Twente Defender Takes Horrible Dive In Soccer Match (VIDEO)

One of the biggest complaints about soccer among non-soccer fans is that players dive and embellish injuries far too often. Peter Wisgerhof, a defender for Dutch side FC Twente, did little to help that perception in a match on Saturday evening against Ajax.

In the video seen above, Wisgerhof doesn't just take a dive after a player completely missed his leg on a tackle, he took a full step before hopping up and collapsing to the ground.

The opposing player immediately took exception to Wisgerhof's transgression, and the ref came over to speak with the Twente defender, yet amazingly did not give Wisgerhof a card for the dive.

The dive took place in the Johan Cruyff Shield, which is the Dutch season-opener that pits the winner of the league (Ajax) against the winner of the national cup (Twente). Wisgerhof's Twente side wound up winning the match against Ajax, 2-1.

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Comments

[fromdnorth]

11:51 AM on 08/03/2011

He would be a shoo-in for membership in the TeaParty...

[European1919]

03:29 AM on 08/03/2011

Football is a hooligans' game played by hooligans (and girls).
Rugby is a hooligans' game played by gentlemen.
Cricket is a gentlemen's game played by gentlemen.

[olafTheAwesome]

04:51 AM on 08/03/2011

Snob.

[European1919]

04:57 AM on 08/03/2011

LOL ... yep. So? ;-P

[Icesavage]

04:28 PM on 08/02/2011

Going down in the penalty area is usually a dive, it must be said that sometimes what looks like a dive is actually the player avoiding getting hit. From the clip it is hard to tell how physical the game is, but it was the first game of the season and if the player thought that the defender was going to hurt him then it is best to get out of the way instead of taking the hit.

It is hard to see, but I remember in the World Cup Germany's Ozil got a yellow for diving in the last minutes of the match, and he stated afterwards that he wasnt diving to get a foul call but rather diving as to not suffer a foul and potentially be hurt in the process, because the other team was playing rather physical. Reputation of certain defenders who foul hard also proceed them.

Soccer is a physical sport, and players cant walk off all fouls. Thus, maybe the player in this video was just protecting himself. And that is also the reason the ref had a little chat with the defender.

[Kid Notorious]

02:04 PM on 08/02/2011

If you ask me, African players are by far the worst in this area...

[mfoto1986]

11:01 PM on 08/02/2011

You are by far way off..... and why single out people from one continent?? Kid, you are spewing something you know nothing about. Many players from everywhere fakes injury dude. Jeeeez

[Kid Notorious]

07:17 PM on 08/03/2011

Sorry, I watched the Ghana v US match last year. African players are floppers.

[samhaydenjr]

12:40 AM on 08/03/2011

You only think that because you've seen Drogba play! If you go back to the mid-nineties, it was a certain German striker, who shall remain unnamed (but who is the new US Head Coach) who gained the most notoriety for his diving.

[KIVPossum]

12:41 PM on 08/02/2011

A responsible ref would have called for an unsportsmanlike play

[Waitingforthetrain]

11:51 AM on 08/02/2011

It appears he was a student at the Clown College in Florida. Very impressive, however, not the worst dive I've ever seen. That most recent nomination belongs to Erica of the Brazil women's team. I'm sure those of you who watch the Worls Cup remember it. She was back at her own goal, surrounded by no one, and dropped to the ground as if she'd been hit by a truck. It delayed the game. When the ref got her off the field she raced around to the side to get put back in the game, but it was too late. It gave the USA the extra time to come back and win with Abby Wambach's header. We should all give Erica a shout out to thank her.

[AAHewetson]

12:16 PM on 08/02/2011

I agree. Erika's dive was far worse - especially given that she was just ambling along before she dramatically collapsed. Given that women in soccer don't, in my opinion, dive as much as the men it is kind of sad that the most memorable dive I can think of was by a woman. Maybe she should be allowed to join the Italian men's team.

[Lorenzo46]

11:30 AM on 08/02/2011

FIFA should have a rule where if a player dives they get a red card. That should eliminate this ridiculous tactic.

[J0E1]

10:46 AM on 08/02/2011

If all players were banned for blatant flops, there would be far less in the sport. He should have been thrown out of the game immediately and if the ref missed it, he should have been banned when an official saw the replay later on after the game.

[Jose Valasquez]

10:16 AM on 08/02/2011

That guy went down faster than RIM stock!
Also, soccer is terrible for this reason.

[eversontom2]

09:11 AM on 08/02/2011

Should have been given a red card and a league fine.

[giono]

08:35 AM on 08/02/2011

silly

[YeahDonkey]

12:22 AM on 08/02/2011

Last dive I saw in the MLS the guy got a three game suspension, this schmuck will here about this in every stadium he plays in for the rest of his life. BURN YOU F***ING DIVER!!!!!!!!!!

[boomcat44]

12:21 AM on 08/02/2011

The only reason he didn't roll around in apparent agony, is that even HE was embarrased.
Actually, for Soccer, that's considered a halfway decent hit.

[imtheyeti]

11:14 PM on 08/01/2011

Man and I thought this was a trademark of latino players. It's spreading, unfortunately.

[stuoverit]

10:30 AM on 08/02/2011

Latino players?

A) You're a bigot.
B) Watch a single game from Serie A (Italian League) and get back to me on that.

[imtheyeti]

11:14 AM on 08/02/2011

I see the race police is out today.
I'm a Latino myself, and I can't stand watching players dive and roll around, and B)That's why I said it's spreading. And I'm a Tifoso Viola, so I can tell you I watch Serie A quite often.

[Counterglow]

11:53 AM on 08/02/2011

Latino players? No...Italian players. So much so that somebody had a good laugh over it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qJ4vJ0BDhZU

[imtheyeti]

12:08 PM on 08/02/2011

Haha nice.

[ruffdeezy]

08:33 PM on 08/01/2011

what a pansy!